Creator Economy

• The creator economy is all grown up, but the fight for attention is fiercer than ever
• Syracuse University’s first-of-its-kind creator economy program takes shape

  Syracuse University is promoting new programs and academic initiatives as it builds its new Center for the Creator Economy.

  
• Whatnot breaks down $22 billion live shopping industry as ecommerce goes mainstream

  As social auction and streaming platform Whatnot celebrates $8 billion in annual GMV, it is preparing for live shopping to go mainstream.

  
• Artie is the newest firm “democratizing access to capital” in the creator economy

  A pair of YouTube and Google veterans have teamed up to launch Artie, a financing startup that will insert itself into the creator economy.

  
• In Congress, Ro Khanna proposes a “Creator Bill of Rights”
• The creator economy is becoming a “must buy” — and a $37 billion industry in the U.S.